Spartanburg County sheriff's deputies arrested two 18-year-old men Thursday morning and charged them with three break-ins in the Londonderry subdivision.

Among the items taken during the Wednesday burglaries were two football championship rings from the home of Dorman High School football coach David Gutshall. Investigators charged Carl Daniel Ballard, 18, of 206 Donegal Drive, and Benjamin Andrew Hinson, 18, of 411-B Cornelius Road, with three counts each of burglary and larceny. Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Heidi Owen said the arrests were made after a resident recognized Ballard when he appeared on a televised news report about the break-ins. Deputies recovered both of Gutshall's rings earned while he was at a North Carolina school as well as a stolen video camera, liquor, computer equipment and video cassette recorders.

The Sheriff's Office community policing deputies believe a 15-yearold boy is responsible for a recent rash of burglaries and thefts in the Boiling Springs area. Deputies suspect the youth in a burglary on Old Furnace Road, two auto thefts in Boiling Springs, a motorcycle theft in Valley Falls, and car break-ins at the Westwood Townhouses on Wesley Court, near Boiling Springs. The suspect was charged Tuesday with two counts of larceny, two counts of burglary, and four counts of grand theft. He was released to his mother's custody. Authorities did not release the suspect's name, because of his age. Some of the stolen items were recovered at the home of Andrea Lea Snyder, 1983 Old Furnace Road, according to the Sheriff's Office. Snyder, 26, was charged with being an accessory before the fact and receiving stolen goods.

GREENVILLE Prosecuting attorneys will seek indictments against two men suspected of robbing a Spartanburg bank last month. Terry Lee Smith, 40, and his nephew, Shawn Bente Smith, 24, were arrested on Sept. 23, and charged with possession of stolen money. A preliminary hearing with U.S. Magistrate William M. Catoe Jr. was held on Thursday. Assistant U.S. Attorney Will Lucius said he would seek indictments against the Smiths at the next grand jury hearing on Oct. 29. The Smiths remain incarcerated at Greenville County Detention Facility on $25,000 bond. On Sept. 18, a man wearing a wig and armed with a handgun robbed the National Bank of South Carolina at Hillcrest Mall. Just before leaving the bank, a red dye pack exploded inside his money bag, blemishing the bills and his clothing. A Gaffney patrol officer investigating the dumping of litter led to the arrest of the Smiths. Trash that was being dumped by a man on a Gaffney street turned out to include money stained with dye. The man led investigators to Terry Smith, who was staying in the home of his sister at 203 Poplar St. in Gaffney. Dye-stained money from the bank was also found in the house.

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